192 [January, 1875. 



Agrees well with Herrich-Scliaffcr's fig. 91. Found rather com- 

 raonly in the fens of Norfolk, and probably in those of Canibridge- 

 shire, flying among Pedicularis palmtris, in May, June, and August. 



Eupcecilia Mannicma, F. v. E. — xllso confounded apparently with 

 griseana, and perhaps also with affinitana. It was, however, recognized 

 as a distinct species by Messrs. Hodgkinson and Grregson, who took 

 several specimens in Cumberland in 1869 and 1870, and was recorded 

 in Newman's Entomologist for May, 1870, under the name of Argyro- 

 lepia luridana, G-regson. Under this name it was also noticed in the 

 Entomologist's Annual for 1871, but the description, as there quoted, 

 being hardly intelligible, I think it best to add a description taken 

 from specimens lent me by the Rev. Henry Burney and Mr. Sang. 

 Mr. Burney's are the original specimens taken by Mr. Hodgkinson 

 (who has also obliged me with the sight of another taken by himself 

 in May, 1872), and Mr. Sang's was taken by him near Darlington. 



Alar exp., 6 lines. 



Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous-yellow, darker at the sides. Fore--wiDg8 

 pale yellow with brownish-ochreous markings, consisting of a short streak along the 

 costa at the base, an oblique dash from the base of the dorsal margin, an oblique, 

 narrow, entire, sharply outlined central fascia, which emits a delicate line from its 

 postei'ior margin, near the costa to the anal angle. In the enclosed space is a broad, 

 flat, triangular spot on the dorsal margin. A second fascia or streak proceeds from 

 the costa before the apex obliquely to the hind margin. Cilia pale yellow. Hind- 

 wings pale grey, darker in the female. 



It resembles at first sight a miniature Argyrolepia cnicana, for 

 which reason I suppose Mr. Gregson placed it in that genus. Its 

 nearest allies in this country appear to be Eupcecilia Geyeriana and 

 affinitana. 



I sent Messrs. Burney and Sang's specimens to Professor Zeller, 

 who writes in reply : — " This is the species named for me by Fischer 

 " von Boslerstamon when he visited me — Manniana. Under this name 

 " I received it several times myself from Mann himself, who, I should 

 " think, must know the species named in his honour. To this decision, 

 "answers F. v. E.'s fig., Beitr., pi. 51. It is a rare species, occurring 

 " in southern countries, but also in Silesia." 



I give this decisive opinion of Zeller's in full because Hcinemann 

 appears to have mistaken udana, Gn., for this species, and his descrip- 

 tion consequently does not agree with it. This mistake has been 

 followed up by other continental Lcpidopterists, thereby leading 

 Mr. McLachlan to quote them as identical. Dr. Wocke, however, 

 gives them as distinct, and Herrich-SchafEer's figure of Manniana 

 represents a species unknown to me. 



